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  • What's a nice looking car for £2000? 28 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I'm looking for a nice looking car for around the £2000 mark? Any ideas of what's a good buy and what to look out for in terms of mileage, etc?
  • Can I recommend my local garage, Eric Jude and Son in Cambridge? 18 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I would like to recommend Eric Jude and Son (Cambridge - aka Arbury Road Garage). They are small but very reasonably priced (e.g. £5 to clean idle control...
  • Seats of disc-content 24 Apr 2010 (Ask HJ)
    It seems that some smaller cars are made with an adjustable back seat that allows either 4 comfortable passengers with a reduced luggage space or 2 comfortable...
  • Afford Moredoor 20 Mar 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I currently own a Honda Civic 1.6 Sport 3 door hatchback registered November 2003. I bought this nearly new on your recommendation in exchange for a Ford...
  • used car with many issues 17 Jan 2010 (Forum)
    hi i bought a used Ford Focus recently (couple of weeks ago), 2001 reg, 70k, and it has been back to the garage twice to fix issues. I have had the car in my possension for 3 days at the most. I first took the car back because I noticed the carpets smelled really bad after collecting the car
  • Two grand turismo 9 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
    Our second car is a 1998 CR-V and whilst it is currently reliable I am concerned that we may miss the opportunity to get £2,000 for it under the scrappage...
  • Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - Finally bought a car, sort of, but...... 9 May 2009 (Forum)
    Thanks for help the help in the car buying saga so far. One final twist though. Ditched the idea of the Avensis, went back to our original idea of the...
  • Main dealer rip off. Can you better this? 7 May 2009 (Forum)
    Last week I asked my local Ford dealer what the cost of another remote key would be. They said £180 - £200. So I bought a genuine remote with key brand new for £42 inc delivery off the net. My local locksmith cut the key for £9.99 I followed the instructions that came with the remote and it works
  • Unbelievably cheap 25 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
    My 22 year old daughter is hoping to change her car and has been looking for a Ford Fiesta. She has found three on the Internet that seem to be amazing...
  • Raw ride 4 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I presently have a 320i BMW Sport Touring, which I bought new in March 04. My wife is finding the ride rather hard now and also the low entry a little...
  • Ice scream 4 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I am driving a hire car, a new (about 1,000 miles) UK Ford Focus with diesel VETEC engine. This evening I noticed a yellow warning light in the speedometer...
  • Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - Focus Zetec 1.6 --- Views on this please 17 Feb 2009 (Forum)
    My 20 year old son who's at Uni has been looking for some time for a Focus 1.6 Zetec 3 door in black. After looking at a few he's bought a 2002 car with...
  • Auts and crosses 7 Feb 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I currently drive a 51 Mondeo, which I am looking to replace with something of comparable size. I have a budget of about £15,000 all in and the new car...
  • Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.6 Driver door wont unlock by key or remote 29 Dec 2008 (Forum)
    New here and new to cars, just got a Focus LX, 2001 Y plate. I got conned I think. remote c/l was working when I went to see the car and I paid a deposit....
  • Is 200 miles enough to get to know the faults? 19 Nov 2008 (Forum)
    with the engine warm and not even a puff out the back. Dosn't appear to be burning any oil Not loosing any anti freeze Gearbox seems fine Clutch seems ok although its hard tot ell as I am not the smoothest driver yet. Dosn't overheat Seems to get around 40mpg which is very close to Fords official figures
  • Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 02 2.0 St170 gear problems 1 Oct 2008 (Forum)
    Tonight i decided to order myself a k&n typhoon. So me and the missis go for a nice nightime drive. Earlyer in the day mt car seemed a bit reluctant to...
  • Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 150,000 mile tdci report 6 Jul 2008 (Forum)
    My Mondeo tdci ghia is almost at 150,000 miles. Should be there sometime next week so I thought I'd write a few words about my ownership experiences. I...
  • Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - 00 1.8 Misfire frustration! 13 Jun 2008 (Forum)
    Hey all, About 5 or 6 weeks ago I posted regarding a misfire that had developed and was solved at the time by replacing the HT leads to cyclinders 1 &...
  • Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - Crash 22 Apr 2008 (Forum)
    hi all, i would just like to get some opinions on a crash i had last night. I was driving my girlfriends car... a car she has only had for 2 weeks we...
  • Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - 2000 1.8 petrol Timing belt gives up 7 Dec 2007 (Forum)
    Just thought I'd put this one to the room and would appreciate some wild and maybe some not so wild speculation about the following: On the way to work...
 

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